The humoral response to Plasmodium falciparum VarO rosetting variant and its association with protection against malaria in Beninese children

Table 3 Correlations between IgG, IgG1 and IgG3 levels to varO recombinant domains, in children from AP, UM and SM groups (in 2006)

Correlations	NTS-DBL1α₁	CIDRγ	DL2βC2
IgG vs . IgG1:
AP (n = 52)	0.64; P < 0.0001 ^a	0.87; P < 0.0001	0.79; P < 0.0001
UM (n = 37)	0.42; P = 0.01	0.72; P < 0.0001	0.81; P < 0.0001
SM (n = 65)	0.68; P < 0.0001	0.49; P < 0.0001	0.83; P < 0.0001
IgG vs . IgG3:
AP	0.45; P = 0.0008	0.45; P = 0.0008	0.42; P = 0.002
UM	0.39; P = 0.02	0.49; P = 0.002	0.72; P < 0.0001
SM	0.55; P < 0.0001	0.38; P = 0.002	0.64; P < 0.0001
IgG1 vs . IgG3:
AP	0.44; P = 0.0009	0.44; P = 0.001	0.56; P < 0.0001
UM	0.59; P = 0.0001	0.48; P = 0.003	0.71; P < 0.0001
SM	0.44; P = 0.0002	0.44; P = 0.0002	0.57; P < 0.0001

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